Physical Conditions
- hyperpyrexia
- extremely high fever (especially in children)
- anhidrosis
- failure of the sweat glands
- wale
- a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
- Haverhill fever
- the form of ratbite fever occurring in the United States
- yellow dwarf of potato
- the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants
- apple canker
- a disease of apple trees
- madness
- an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
- amoebic dysentery
- inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea
- abnormalcy
- an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
- rheumatism
- any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
- talipes calcaneus
- talipes in which the toes are pointed upward and the person walks on the heel of the foot
- chlamydia
- a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
- keratectasia
- abnormal bulging of the cornea of the eye
- schizothymia
- resembling schizophrenia but remaining within the bounds of normality
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- a form of neuropathy that can begin between childhood and young adulthood; characterized by weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the hands and lower legs; progression is slow and individuals affected can have a normal life span; inheritance is X-linked recessive or X-linked dominant
- blackwater
- any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
- blackwater fever
- severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine
- polycythemia
- a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood
- metacyesis
- pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
- lupus vulgaris
- tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars
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